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it's all relative

it's all relative phrase: a response to an anterior quantitative value or an anterior comment of it, used to say that something can be thought of in opposite ways depending on what one compares it to.

Phrase

it's all relative

  1. A response to an anterior quantitative value or an anterior comment of it, used to say that something can be thought of in opposite ways depending on what one compares it to.
    • $300 a day may seem like a lot, but it's all relative.

Questions about it's all relative

What does it's all relative mean?
It's all relative means a response to an anterior quantitative value or an anterior comment of it, used to say that something can be thought of in opposite ways depending on what one compares it to.
What part of speech is it's all relative?
It's all relative is a phrase.

Words near it's all relative in the dictionary

  1. it's all go
  2. it's all good
  3. it's all Greek to me
  4. it's all over my screen
  5. it's all over the screen
  6. it's all relative
  7. it's an emergency
  8. it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest
  9. it's an ill wind
  10. it's an ill wind that blows no good
  11. it's an ill wind that blows no one any good

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